Penetrating thoracic wounds caused by plastic bullets

Rupture of thoracic aorta caused by penetrating aortic ulcer.

We present the findings in a 57-year-old man with a rupture of the thoracic aorta that originated in a penetrating atherosclerotic aortic ulcer. It formed a large hematoma that clinically mimicked a true saccular thoracic aneurysm. The possibility of penetrating aortic ulcer should be considered in the differential diagnosis of aortic aneurysm.

Cases of Penetrating Wounds of the Abdomen Caused by the Horns of Bullocks : Recovery

Simultaneous penetrating wounds of the myocardium and aorta caused by firearms: surgical treatment.

Penetrating brain injury caused by retained plastic tip of ballpoint pen.

Radiological evaluation was performed using a 64MDCT scanner without any sedation. Multiplanar reformation images clearly revealed a residual foreign body – possibly the tip of the ballpoint pen – in the frontal lobe ( fig. 1 ). Therefore, surgical removal of the foreign body was planned. Bifrontal craniotomy was performed. The orbital roof was found to be fractured, and bone fragments were lod...

Penetrating wounds of the heart.